Agriculture in Africa--Telling Myths from Facts

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dc.creatorChristiaensen, Luc
dc.date2017-02-22T23:12:44Z
dc.date2017-02-22T23:12:44Z
dc.date2017-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:33:17Z
dc.descriptionStylized facts drive research agendas and policy debates. Yet robust stylized facts are hard to come by, and when available, often outdated. In a special issue of Food Policy, 12 papers revisit conventional wisdom on African agriculture and its farmers' livelihoods using nationally representative surveys from the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture Initiative in six African countries. At times, the findings simply confirm the common understanding of the topic. But the studies also throw up several surprises, redirecting some policy debates while fine-tuning others. Overall, the project calls for more attention to checking and updating the common wisdom. This requires nationally representative data, and sufficient incentives among researchers and policy makers alike. Without well-grounded stylized facts, they can easily be profoundly misguided.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/316281487792283005/Agriculture-in-Africa-telling-myths-from-facts-a-synthesis
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/26146
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-7979
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/405979
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7979
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectmeasurement
dc.subjecttechnology
dc.subjectstructural transformation
dc.subjectmarket
dc.subjectliving standards
dc.subjectlabor market
dc.titleAgriculture in Africa--Telling Myths from Facts
dc.titleA Synthesis
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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